Suddenly, the conversation with Lady Line Marquis came to mind. It was about having freedom even when they were poor.

She looked at the open game screen. After defeating the Knight Patago, the levels of others remained the same, but Tien and she each gained one level.

It had been a month since she arrived here. Although there was still a month until the deadline to kill Kuran Duke, she couldn’t afford to be leisurely because they had to succeed in subjugation for the first time.

And as if trying to assure her that her worries were not excessive, an alert popped up on the talk bulletin board.

Clicking on it, she found an announcement that the Legend Guild had obtained the sixth key.

The talk bulletin board was in a state of chaos. In a situation where information about the Named could not be known, people were all impressed by the fact that unlike other guilds, the Legend Guild was steadily gaining speed.

Everyone seemed curious about whether the 2nd-ranked guild could keep up, rather than giving up on capturing Kuran Duke for the first time.

Restless, Ruelra closed the game screen.

Unlike other guilds, they were in a significantly disadvantaged situation. While those people could just conquer as soon as they found monsters, they had to progress by hiding their identity from Kuran Duke’s eyes, making everything not easy.

Moreover, other guilds had members who were all at the maximum level of 99, so the difference in power was significant.

While Ruelra was pondering with a complicated mind, others, except for her and Tien, went inside to organize their equipment.

“Miss, please take off the robe. I need to check if there are any stains. Also, come to the dining room in 20 minutes, and I’ll prepare lunch.”

Ruelra took off the cloak she was wearing and handed it to Emma. Then, she accepted the watering can from Emma.

When Emma and Meg also went inside, she headed to the garden. There, a message in the system window indicated that the flowers she planted had fully grown.

With Tien following her, Ruelra clicked on the fully grown flower and transferred it into her bag.

Tien, holding Goldie, followed Ruelra and asked, “Lord Gart Marquis isn’t coming today. After defeating a high-ranking monster, I thought he would come to check if we were at the mansion.”

Ruelra replied as she clicked on the flower, “Now they must have suspicions. Since everyone had a monstrous appearance, they would have guessed it was us, right?”

Tien, as if by habit, watered the garden and, separately, gave water to Goldie, who seemed to want to drink from the watering can.

“Then wouldn’t it be better to swiftly defeat the king now? Since we’ve killed the high-ranking monsters in the border area, it seems like the watchers will gather in the center now.”

Tien’s words were correct. In the current situation, it was obvious that the next turn was the king, so all the watchers would try to protect the king.

Ruelra stopped picking flowers and turned to Tien.
“It’s a good suggestion. They are probably busy discussing and thinking about our appearance and the silent carriage. It would be better to go and confront the king at this time.”

In response to Ruelra’s words, Tien lifted Goldie and ran towards the mansion, shouting, “I’ll go tell the brothers. Let’s depart right away.”

“No, let’s have a meal and then depart. Let’s not forget that we haven’t had breakfast. Even if the Knight Patago was unexpectedly easy and not very difficult, we fought while consuming mana, so we need time to recover.”

While Ruelra was breaking the abundantly blooming flowers in the garden, she added, “Above all, before we depart, I need to test the newly harvested flowers.”

“A silent carriage? What kind of nonsense are they talking about now?”

Lord Gart Marquis couldn’t help but sigh at the report conveyed by the leader of the surveillance group.

Dozens of people had managed to miss only six.

He asked why they didn’t kill the horses and stop the carriage. The strange explanation was that there were no horses in the carriage, making him feel like he was going to explode.

“Marquis, they also might not be monsters.”

“Monsters?”

“I can’t think of any other explanation. They had human bodies, but their exposed hands and faces resembled the shapes of beasts like wolves, bears, or dogs.”

Upon the leader’s report, the Marquis recalled what happened yesterday.

People who were nature’s citizens had also made similar statements.

Everyone had said that they were definitely not human, foaming at the mouth while explaining.

“Were they really not human?”

“Yes. They were definitely not human.”

“Didn’t you say they were human before?”

“We couldn’t see their faces at that time… Just by looking at their backs, they seemed to have the appearance of humans.”

“So, you’re saying they look like monsters?”

“Yes. That’s not all. A horseless carriage. Moreover, no matter how many arrows were shot, the outer walls of the carriage didn’t even get a scratch. Do you think that makes sense?”